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A Rare Pair of Large Famille Verte Triple-Gourd Vases
Kangxi
The lower and upper bulbs painted in bright tones with a ruyi collar, that on the lower bulb filled with foliate meander, and on the upper bulb with butterflies and scattered blossoms, the middle bulb decorated with lotus scroll with gilt centers and reserved on an iron-red ground, with tasseled beaded chains pendent from a narrow ruyi band below a band of diaper pattern at the flared rim, and a band of overlapping yellow petals above the foot
287/8in. (73.5cm.) high (2)

Provenance

E. J. Stokesbury (?), Whitemarsh Hall, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia.

Exhibited

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Museum of Art, on loan prior to 1942.

Special notice

Tax exempt.

Lot Essay

No other pair of famille verte triple-gourd vases of this exact pattern appears to be published. Compare a smaller, famille verte double-gourd vase (17½ in.) which has a ruyi collar band on the lower bulb, similar to the bands on the upper and lower bulbs of the present lot, sold in these rooms, 4 June 1987, lot 291.

For other examples of triple-gourd vases of this same impressive size, but with different decoration, see the pair decorated in gilt, copper red and mirror black, from The Eugene O. Perkins Collection of Qing Porcelain, sold in these rooms, 2 June 1989, and another decorated in gilt, famille verte and mirror black, from the Estate of Ludmila Piogey, Duchesse De Caylus, also sold in these rooms, 16 September 1998, lot 385.

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